The underlying thinking of San Diego State leaving the Mountain West for the Pac-Something Conference is debatable but clear. If you can leave the dusty world of milquetoast media rights deals, side-eye glances when NCAA Tournament bids are doled out and winter trips to Laramie, Wyo., you do it. You don’t walk. You run.

The Aztecs will join Oregon State and Washington State along with the newest members of the league, Boise State, Colorado State and Fresno State, according to a statement from SDSU.

Questions about San Diego State’s conference future are answered: the Aztecs are headed to a new look Pac-12. The university announced the move early Thursday morning. San Diego State, Boise State, Colorado State and Fresno State will join the remaining Pac-12 schools – Washington State and Oregon State – on July 1,